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MARCH 2. Afkinga fenfible intelligent far- TURNEPS. 

 mer, who rears a large proportion of calves to 

 the number of cows he keeps, how he gets 

 milk for his calves, he anfvvered, " turneps give 

 the cows fuch a flufh of milk the calves feldom 

 want/* 



Turneps, he fays, are fine things for cows : cows. 

 they fcour and cleanfe them, and fet them for- 

 ward in the fpring, when they come to be 



turned out to grafs ; adding, that cows kept at 



dry meat, not only lofe their milk in winter^ 



but the beft part of the fpring-grafs is gone 



before they get to the full of their milk. 

 This may be one reafon why cows which 



have no turneps do fo badly in this country; 



whofe hay is dry and ftrawy ; and the grafs far 



frem being of a fucculent quality. 



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MARCH 3. This morning I flood a con(i- 

 derable time to fee fome fatting heifers " break" 

 their turneps. Being all at feed, they let me 

 ftand among them unnoticed; and having 

 been about four months at this employment, 

 they performed it with a dexterity, which af- 

 forded me confiderable entertainment. 



VOL. II. L In 



BULLOCKS 

 BREAKING 

 TURNEPS. 



